At least 16 people are reported to have been killed by lightning in Rwanda. About 140 others are also reported injured after the lightning struck the Seventh Day Adventist church at Gihembe in the Nyabimata district, southern province of the country, AP reported.
The provisional governor reported that on Sunday 10th March, the churchgoers were struck by lightning and over a hundred more were injured. He informed reporters that the injured were rushed to a nearby hospital for medical attention.
The Governor went ahead to reveal that Seventeen of the injured persons are still in hospital and two are in critical condition, while the others have been discharged.
It is to be remembered that a similar incident had occurred in the same country last Friday as lightning struck a group of 18 students, killing one. Last October 2017, lightning killed 18 people in different parts of the country. After the victims have been laid to rest over the earlier this week, all we can do is keep our eyes closed in prayers for these fallen African people.
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